Rate My Professor John Roodenburg

Dr. John Roodenburg serves as Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Educational Psychology & Counselling within the Faculty of Education at Monash University, a position he assumed on July 2, 2017, after retiring as Senior Lecturer in Psychology. His career began with primary school teaching, followed by extensive experience as a practising developmental psychologist in rural Victoria, Australia. He holds a Diploma of Teaching (Primary) from Melbourne Teachers College, BA, B.Litt, and MLitt from the University of New England, and PhD from the University of Melbourne. Roodenburg is a Registered Educational and Developmental Psychologist, Registered Counselling Psychologist, Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (FAPS), Fellow of the Australian College of Educational and Developmental Psychology (FCEDP), and Fellow of the Australian College of Counselling Psychology (FCOUNSP).

For over a decade, he led Monash University's postgraduate Educational and Developmental Psychology programs and directed the Krongold Clinic. He served four years as Chair of the College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, acting as its immediate past Chair. In 2020, he received the Australian Psychological Society’s National Award of Distinction recognizing his leadership in graduate education, clinic directorship, and college governance. His research focuses on the psychology of individual differences, particularly "Ways of Thinking" (cognitive styles) and "Ways of Knowing" (epistemological styles), and their applications to learning, wellbeing, adjustment, and organizations. Methodological expertise encompasses psychometrics, scale development, factor analysis, structural equation modelling, cluster analysis, and mixed methods. Key publications include "A Psychologist’s Casebook: Cases from Practice Used to Support Teaching Mental Health Practitioners" (2025, co-authored with E.M. Roodenburg), "Psychological Digs in Paradise: Overcoming the Traumas of The Past in Pursuit of An Elusive Ideal" (2022, co-authored with E. Roodenburg), "Personality and vocational interest typologies associated with better coping and resilience in paramedicine: a review of two models" (2024, with R. Mason and B. Williams), and "The relationship between resilience and psychological characteristics of paramedicine students" (2022, with R. Mason and B. Williams).